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In 2021, Raphael Warnock of Georgia was elected as the first African-American Democrat to represent a former Confederate state in the Senate. As of 2024, there have been over 2,000 members of the United States Senate, [ 11 ] of which 12 have been African American.
Not included are African-Americans potential candidates (suggested by media, objects of draft movements, etc.), potential candidates who did not file for office or fictional candidates. Two biracial candidates are included: Barack Obama and Kamala Harris. In 2024, two African-American women won their United States Senate races: Lisa Blunt ...
The eight black U.S. senators, all Democrats, who are or have been members of the Congressional Black Caucus are Senator Laphonza Butler of California, appointed in 2023 (currently serving), Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey, elected in 2013 (currently serving), Senator Raphael Warnock of Georgia, elected in 2021 (currently serving), and ...
January 3, 2021: Joe Manchin: WV: January 3, 2017: Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Tammy Baldwin: WI: January 3, 2017: Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee: Gary Peters: MI: January 3, 2021: Vice Chair of Senate Democratic Outreach: Catherine Cortez Masto: NV: January 3, 2021: Deputy Secretary of the Senate ...
Map of congressional districts represented by African Americans in the 117th Congress (2021-2023). From 1910 to 1940, the Great Migration of black people from the rural South to Northern cities such as New York , Philadelphia , Chicago , Detroit and Cleveland began to produce black-majority Congressional districts in the North.
No African American served in federal elective office before the ratification in 1870 of the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying any citizen the right to vote because of that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
There are 57 African American members of the US House (blue), 47 Hispanics and Latinos (red), 5 Native Americans (yellow), 18 Asian Americans (green), and 314 Whites/European American (gray). 117th Congress (2021–2023). There are 3 African American members of the US Senate (blue), 7 Hispanics or Latinos (red), 0 Native Americans, 2 Asian ...
The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021. There were six new senators (two Democrats, four Republicans) and 60 new representatives (15 Democrats, 45 Republicans) at the start of the first session. Additionally, three senators (all Democrats) and 16 representatives (six Democrats, ten Republicans) took office on various dates in order to fill vacancies during the 117th Congress ...